A two-volume set.
Vol. 1: LA | HENRIADE, | NOUVELLE ÉDITION | A PARIS | [medallion portrait of Voltaire] | Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, | Panckoucke et Nyon, Libraires. ||
Pagination: [2] – engraved title with medallion portrait of Voltaire / blank, [i-iii] iv-xl, [1-3] 4-272, 10 plates and 10 vignettes after Eisen by de Longueil.
Collation: 8vo; a-b8 c4, A-R8
Vol. 2: LA | HENRIADE, | NOUVELLE ÉDITION. | — | SECONDE PARTIE. |— | [Floral device] | A PARIS, | Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, | Panckoucke et Nyon, Libraires. | — | M. DCC. LXX.
Pagination: [1, 2] - t.p. / imprim., 3-316 [4 - table, imprint "De l'Imprimerie de Barbou."]
Collation: A-V8.
Binding: full brown calf, raised bands with the gilt floral tools in compartments, red and dark brown labels with gilt lettering: title, author, vol. number, and year; printed on laid paper. Wear, marks and rubbing, endpapers, corners and spine repaired/replaced; leaves are generally clean with the odd mark here or there. With frontispiece, 10 vignettes and 10 plates in vol. 1 as called for.
Size: 19 x 12.5 cm each volume.
Catalogue raisonné.: G. Ray, p. 59; Cohen-de Ricci p. 1026.
LIB-2581-1.2020 and LIB-2581-2.2020.
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720 – 1778)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730 – 1792)
Author: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694 – 1778)
Publisher: Veuve Duchesne (Nicolas Bonaventure Duchesne died in 1765)
Printer: Joseph Gérard Barbou (French, 1723 – 1790)
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Period | Mid-18th century |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Copper engraving , Copperplate engraving , Engraving , Etching , Paper |
| Subject | France , Henri IV, Bourbon (French, 1553 – 1610) , Heroic Poem , Heroic poetry , Poetry |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1769 , 1770 |
| Edition | 1st illustrated |
| Binding | Full calf , Hardcover |
| Size | 19 x 12.5 cm |
| Catalogue raisonne | Cohen, de Ricci (1912) , Gordon N. Ray (1982) |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |